Stump-puller



(No Model.)

G. R.- IVES.

STUMP PULLERV No. 361,631. PaizentedApr. 19, 1887 Attorney Q UN TEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE RILEY IVES, OF WEST PIKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SSTUMP- PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,631, dated April19, 1887. Application filed February 1]. 1886. Serial No. 191,537. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGEORGE RILEY IvEs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at West Bike, in the county of Potter and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStump-Pullers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements instump-pullers; and it consists in the construction and combination ofthe parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specificallypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,wh1ch illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a stump-puller constructed in accordance with myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

A represents a suitable frame, which consists, essentially, of abase-piece or runner, B, which has rigidly secured thereto two beams, G,which converge toward each other at their upper ends, the said upperends being beveled, so as to provide aparallel space between them,within which is pivoted, by means of bolts 0, a single inclined beam, D.About midway between the beams O O is rigidly secured a cross-beam, E,the upper edge of which is provided with short upwardly-extending piecesE,which are parallel to each other and are provided with perforations,through which passes a bolt, 6, which forms a bearing for a lever, F.

G G refer to two parallel beams, which are rigidly secured to the runnerB and the crosspiece E, said beams having on their inner sides bearingsfor the shaft of a ratchet-wheel, H. The shaft of the ratchet-wheel IIis provided on one side of said wheel with a drum, around which passesthe operating-rope h, said rope extending upwardly where it is passedthrough a block, I, which is secured to the inclined beam D in anysuitable manner. The block I is provided with a pair of rollers, and therope h, after passing over the upper roller,

extends downwardly and passes through a block, 2', which is provided atits lower end with a hook, and the rope is again passed upwardly andover the lower roller of the upper block, and is then secured to an eyeat the up per portion of the block i, thus securing a large amount ofleverage. To the hooks on the lower block, 6, the chains or grapple isattached, which can be secured to a stump or other object which it isdesired to elevate.

J refers to slotted brace beams or bars,which are pivotally attached bymeans of eyebolts to the inclined beam D, their opposite ends beingslotted, so that they can be adj ustably secured to the uprightsO G bymeans of setscrews or bolts. The end of the runner B has pivotallysecured thereto a brace-bar, J, which extends over the runner B, and issecured thereto by a bolt which passes through a slot in the same. Therunner B is recessed, so that the brace-beam J may lie within saidrecess. By pivoting the upright beams C and D to each other andproviding them with adjustable brace-beams, the parts may be spread, asdesired, and when notin use the parts may be folded, so as to occupy butvery little space.

The uprights E, between which the lever ter of the space between thebeams,so as to pro vide a space between one of the uprights E and one ofthe beams C, so that the bolt which secures the lever to the upright Ecan be slid to one side, so that the lever can be removed therefrom,andthe pivot-bolt which secured the pawl to said lever is also removable,so that said pawl can be detached from the aforesaid lever.

Immediately above the ratchet-wheel H to the horizontal beam E ispivotally attached a pawl, K, which will engage with the teeth of theratchet-wheel and prevent the same rotating in one direction, and to theinner end of the lever is pivotally attached a pawl, K, the end of whichis bent inwardly, so that the same can contact with the ratchet-teeth ofthe wheel H, so as to cause the rotation of said wheel and drum when thelever is depressed. This pawl is held in contact with the teeth of theratchet-wheel by a spiral spring, is, or other spring-connection, whichis secured to the pawl and to the cross-beam E.

F is pivoted, are located to one side of the cen- ICO Instead ofemploying a spiral spring to hold the pawl K in contact, I may use acord and. attach a weight near the center thereof, the effect of whichinay be the same.

The runner B inclines at its forward end toward the runner B, and thefront end of said runner is provided with a hook or other suitable meansfor attaching a whiffletree thereto, to which horses may be attached forwardly-extending lugs, a bar, D, pivoted at its upper end between theadjacent ends of bars 0, and provided at its lower end with a runner, B,slotted braces J, pivoted at their rear ends to bar D and adjustablyisecured at their forward ends to bars 0 O, and slotted brace J, coupledat its forward end to runner B and adjustably secured atits rear end torunner B, in combination with a ratchetwheel having its shaft journaledin the bearings .of bars G, a gravitating pawl to engage the ratchet, alever pivoted between the lugs of bar E and provided at its rear endwith a pawl, and a drum carried on the shaft of the ratchet-wheel,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I GEORGE RILEY IVES.

Witnesses:

F. A. BROWN, D. E. CRANDALL.

